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Time Management for PhD Researchers – Working Effectively in Academia – Online Event

Reconsider Your Use of Time in the PhD

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Event language: English

Managing time effectively in a PhD is particularly challenging: long-term research projects, unclear priorities, multiple responsibilities, and high self-organization demands often lead to overload and inefficiency.
This seminar provides a structured framework to reflect on your current working habits and to develop more effective strategies for planning, prioritizing, and structuring your research and daily work. You will learn practical, evidence-based techniques to improve focus, deal with competing tasks, and make sustainable progress in your PhD.

Content

Fundamental requirements for good time management during your research project:

• Making decisions and developing initiative
• How can I motivate myself on the path to completion?
• Time planning: master plan, weekly and daily planning
• Setting priorities (Eisenhower Method, Pareto Principle)
• Finding your balance: research project – job – private life
• Getting rid of time-killers
• Controlling your inner state through relaxation techniques
• Using high concentration techniques
• Exchange of experiences with other participants

Qualification Outcomes

After the workshop, you will know how to

• use powerful time planning methods – on three timely horizons,
• balance professional and private life, and
• control your inner state using concentration and relaxation techniques.

Methods

Trainer input; individual, partner, and group work; written and creative focusing exercises; relaxation exercises; guided and free sequences in which participants can develop images; brief presentations by participants; group reflection. Highly interactive online seminar using zoom technology with a lot of small group work.

Requirements

To participate in the online event you need a PC/laptop with a current browser or the Zoom app as well as a headset (or speakers and microphone), a webcam, and a stable Internet connection.

Proficiency in English at the B2 level of competency or higher is required.

Dates

October 5, 2026, 9 am–5:30 pm, and
October 6, 2026, 9 am–5:30 pm

Target group

Doctoral candidates from all disciplines

Modalities

Maximum number of 16 participants
Attendance fee 50 EUR

Registration

Please register until September 21, 2026 using the online registration form.